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10/23/2022
Organisations representing sexual minorities are set to hold a rally named Together Against Violence on Prague’s Wenceslas Square next Wednesday.
The LGBT+ groups say they expect up to 10,000 people to attend the event, where speakers will include the national nuclear safety chief Dana Drábová, the government commissioner for human rights, Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, and Roman Samotný, the owner of the Bratislava gay bar Tepláreň, outside which two young homosexual men were recently shot dead.
A march against violence was also held in Prague on Friday night.
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10/23/2022
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Monday, with an average high temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. Clear skies are expected in the middle of the week.
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10/23/2022
Companies, state authorities and unions have criticised new rules for working from home included in a planned amendment to the Czech labour law, Czech Television reported. Under the legislation drafted by the Ministry of Labour, employers will have to allow some groups, such as parents of children under 15, to work remotely if they wish.
Workers would also receive a flat-rate contribution for the costs of working at home.
However, opponents say the planned changes are overly bureaucratic and difficult to administer.
The ministries of finance and justice have also questioned aspects of the draft amendment in an inter-ministerial comments procedure.
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10/23/2022
The Prague Sounds music festival begins in the Czech capital on Sunday with a concert by US group Snarky Puppy at the Lucerna Grand Hall.
Eight other events are taking place in the festival previously known as Strings of Autumn. These include shows by mandolin great Chris Thile, singer Laura Mvula, jazz percussionist Makaya McCraven and neo-classical composer Nils Frahm.
Czech artists will gather at the Rudolfinum to pay tribute to flautist Jiří Stivín, who is turning 80.
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10/22/2022
The ANO party will now announce their plans for the presidential election on Monday October 31, instead of next Wednesday as originally promised. The reason given is that leader Andrej Babiš is in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.
Mr. Babiš is one of the favourites for January’s elections, though polls suggest he would lose to Petr Pavel. He has not declared that he will stand and has said ANO have a number of potential candidates.
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10/22/2022
A mass for the victims of reprisals following the 1942 assassination of Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich was held at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral on Saturday.
The mass was celebrated by the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Czechia, Archbishop Jan Graubner, and his predecessor, Cardinal Dominic Duka.
The service for nearly 300 Czechoslovaks murdered by the Nazis in the wake of the assassination is held at the end of October every year.
This year it is 80 years since the killing of Heydrich by paratroopers Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík and their group within Operation Anthropoid, one of the most daring actions of WWII.
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10/22/2022
The Czech government is due to discuss a proposal under which members of cabinet and their deputies would need to show a clear lustration (screening) certificate before being appointed. This would prove that they did not hold a senior position in the pre-1989 Communist regime.
A draft bill to this effect is being prepared by the Minister of the Interior and is due to be discussed by ministers next week, the Czech News Agency reported.
Similar legislation was in effect following the country’s return to democracy.
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10/22/2022
The first congress of Belarusians in Czechia got underway in Prague on Saturday morning. The gathering was expected to focus on the problems and challenges faced by Belarusians living in this country. Visa restrictions mean that relatives from their native state cannot visit, while many resident in Czechia would face persecution if they returned. Belarusian students also face restrictions.
One of the organisers of Saturday’s event said Belarusians were always lumped in with Russians while in fact their own state was occupied.
According to official figures, over 8,000 Belarusian citizens are living long term in this country.
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10/22/2022
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Sunday, with an average high temperature of 17 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected on the following days.
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10/22/2022
John Cale is set to play at Prague’s Archa theatre on March 1 next year. The Welsh musician, one of the founders of key 1960s rock band The Velvet Underground, will be touring a new album, Mercy.
The booking comes as part of Archa’s final season and is in part inspired by the fact Cale performed during the venue’s opening in 1994.
The 80-year-old has performed in Prague numerous times since the early 1990s, most recently at the Metronome festival in 2018.
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